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05-12-2002, 03:59 PM | #1 |
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new title for film #3???
Does anyone know about the controversy hitting the message boards at another rival site which claims that there is a movent afoot to change the title of THE RETURN OF THE KING. This is not the stupid petition of the TWO TOWERS thing but something new.<P>It looks like there is some rumors being spread that the title refers to anti-American feelings held by the good Professor. Examples of things in the books were cited.<P>Some people are taking this as a joke while others are very angry and taling it very seriously.<P>The point was made that if you take both Sauron and Saruman - the obvious baddies in the epic series - they both have the letters for USA in their names. Sam - a stand in for the American symbol Uncle Sam - is a servile person who is a toadie. Others hve brought up other things as well.<P>Was tolkien an converted Anglophile who took potshots at America through his books? Should the title of film three be changed to something like RETURN TO FREEDOM or possibly LET FREEDOM RING (in keeping with the ring theme)? Has anybody else read this stuff at tolkienonline???
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